State Names

This weekend the KOARC and I were discussing movies that have the names of states in the title — like “Blue Hawaii.” This started me wondering — does every state in the U.S. have a movie with its name in the title? Some, like New York, have multiple movies, of course, but is there a movie with, for example, Rhode Island in the title?

Yeah, I wonder about stuff like this.

So, just for fun, if you can think of a movie that has a state name in the title, please leave it in the comments to this blog entry. To reward you for your diligence, on Thursday afternoon I’ll draw five names at random and those five people will win the WendyKnits pattern of their choice. Oh, and the first person who can name a movie with “Rhode Island” in the title will win 5 patterns. 😀

Leave your comment by 4pm Eastern time this Thursday, August 20, to be entered in the drawing.

Progress!

I had as nice chunk of knitting time yesterday so made some good progress on the Sandvik shawl.

I’ve got 33 more rows to do before I work the bottom border. I weighed my ball of yarn after taking this photo. The original weight was 230 grams, and the ball now weighs 127 grams, so I’ve used less than half of it. The yardage was 1300 yards, so I’m guessing I’ve used 600 or so yards so far.

Progress will slow down during the week because I’m working on a stealth project for my commuter knitting. But I’m hoping to have this done by the end of next weekend.

Found one for Georgia (I don’t think this has been posted yet): The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. It’s a 1981 film starring Denins Quad, Kristy McNichol, Mark Hamil, and Don Stroud.
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I was raised in Kentucky, so I can attest that there are a number of movies with that state name in the title, including a great, old (c. 1940) one called, simply, Kentucky, with Loretta Chase and Walter Brennan.

A list a came up with, after consulting with my movie-mad son, is:
1. Sweet Home Alabama
2. Alaska (According to the kiddo, there are several with that name; he was thinking of one with Charlton Heston playing a poacher.)
3. Raising Arizona, Arizona Dream
4. War Eagle, Arkansas; The Arkansas Traveler; Down in Arkansas
5. California (There have been a number of movies with that title, from oldies to fairly recent ones.)
6. Colorado (There may be more than one movie with this title, but I was thinking of one with Roy Rogers.)
7. Christmas in Connecticutt
8. Down Delaware Road, The Delaware Project
9. Deep Down in Florida, La Florida
10. Georgia (The kid was thinking of one from the mid 1990s, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham playing sisters, one of whom is also named Georgia.)
11. Hawaii, Blue Hawaii, Hawaii Five-O
12. Idaho, My Own Private Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho
13. Abe Lincoln in Illinois
14. Indiana; Eerie, Indiana; Indiana Jones and the (fill-in-the-blank)
15. Iowa, Bleeding Iowa
16. Kansas, Kansas City, Rolling Kansas
17. Kentucky (see above), The Kentucky Fried Movie, Kentucky Woman, Blue Grass of Kentucky
18. Louisiana, My Louisiana Sky, Louisiana Story
19. The Beans of Egypt, Maine; Liberty, Maine
20. Maryland, The Pride of Maryland, Daughter of Maryland
21. The Kennedys of Massachusetts, A Moon Man from Massachusetts (the latter is the story of Robert Goddard)
22. Michigan, Roaming through Michigan, The Michigan Kid
23. Feeling Minnesota, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
24. Mississippi Burning, Ghosts of Mississippi
25. The Girl from Missouri, The Missouri Breaks, Across the Wide Missouri
26. Montana Sky, Cattle Queen of Montana, Hannah Montana: the Movie
27. Nebraska, The Princess of Nebraska
28. Nevada, Nevada Smith, Nevada City
29. The Hotel New Hampshire (the movie based on Irving’s novel)
30. New Jersey Drive
31. New Mexico, Christmas in New Mexico, Sons of New Mexico
32. New York (several, of various vintages)
33. North Carolina Legends, Voices of North Carolina (documentary on accents)
34. North Dakota: (we could not think of any, but came up with several with just Dakota in the title)
35. Miss Ohio, Beautiful Ohio
36. Oklahoma!
37. The Oregon Trail
38. The Prince of Pennsylvania, Penn of Pennsylvania
39. Getting Out of Rhode Island (I’ve never heard of it, but the Kid says it came out 5 or 6 years ago.)
40. South Carolina: (we could not think of any, but both knew some with “Carolina” in the title.)
41. South Dakota: (We could not think of any, but we came up with several with “Dakota,” such as The Dakota Kid, Dakota Skye)
42. Tennessee, Tennessee Nights
43. Texas (I was thinking of one from the 40s, with William Holden and Glenn Ford; the kiddo was thinking of two more recent ones.)
44. Utah, The Man from Utah (John Wayne), Fort Utah
45. Moonlight in Vermont
46. Virginia (A couple from the 40s and a couple from the 90s.)
47. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (wrong Washington, I know, but…), The Rose of Washington Square
48. West Virginia (TV mini-series)
49. Bootleg, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Death Trip (weird title, IMO, but the Kiddo says there was a movie with this title)
50. Green Grass of Wyoming (Burl Ives, I think); The Redhead from Wyoming (Maureen O’Hara and a young Dennis Weaver)

North and South Carolina and Dakota seem to be the only states lacking movies with the state name in the title, but there are movies with “Carolina” and “Dakota” in the title.

Well, besides the obvious single name movies “Oklahoma” and “Colorado”; there’s also “Courage Colorado”, “Hotel Colorado”, and “Colorado Kid” among a bunch of others! What might be even more interesting is if a movie has actually been filmed in all fifty states. For example, “The Shining” was partially filmed in my beautiful home state of Colorado, as were “Dumb and Dumber”, “City Slickers”, “The Stand”, and “Die Hard 2”. 🙂
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre! (She says, like she’s proud of that one.) Or The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Not to mention Paris, Texas. Or, for variety, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. To change the question slightly, a couple of really, really bad movies filmed in the town I grew up in would be The Legend of Boggie Creek and The Town that Dreaded Sundown.

Raising Arizona (first came to mind), Roaming through Michigan (my current state), Feeling Minnesota (where I went to school) and Mr. Moto in Puerto Rico (shout out to the territories!).
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Being from Texas & a horror fan I wanted to go with Texas Chainsaw Massacre but I’ve seen it mentioned a couple times already. I don’t think I saw anyone mention The Kentucky Fried Movie, so I’ll throw it up here.

Rhode Island Blue (2001)
But my favorite is “Hoosiers”. Yes, I know it doesn’t say Indiana in the title but we are all Hoosiers here. I’m not a native (I was born in Chicago – yet another movie) but I’ve come to love this state. The people are awesome and the geography here in the south is gorgeous (hilly and wooded).
OH – and lots of sheep and bunnies!! More to spin with!

Tsk, tsk – everyone is always ready to make fun of West Virginia (my home state), but no one else mentioned “I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia” (1942) – with Sibyl Rae and Slim Andrews … (I have no idea).
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Shooting the Chutes at Providence, Rhode Island
I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia
Wyoming
Badlands of Dakota
The Man from Utah
Nevada Smith
The Pope of Utah
Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal
How Ohio Pulled It Off
Mississippi Burning
Vampire Vermont

Well, my home state, besides providing the name for a fictional adventurer, also has:
–The Boy from Indiana (1950)
–Home in Indiana (1944) with the somewhat off-putting tagline of “All The Thrills Of ‘Kentucky’! All The Magnificence Of ‘Maryland’! Come Home To Your Heart in Indiana!”

Of course the greatest Indiana movies are Breaking Away and Hoosiers, neither of which have Indiana in the title, although Hoosiers (the name for state natives) is close.

Additional unsolicited opinion: Although many Hoosiers are proud to claim John Mellencamp for his musical talents, he should have stuck to music, as his movie Falling from Grace *painfully* demonstrates. The only bearable moment is where Mariel Hemmingway beans Claude Akins with a frying pan, something any viewer would want to do to all responsible for this turkey.
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Home in Indiana. Would the Indiana Jones movies count too?
ARe we including documentaries? There is one called UFO Over Illinois.
Um…oh, Mississippi Burning. What states are we missing?
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Getting Out of Rhode Island
(2002) NR
Step into the life of Hollywood actor Jacob Mattison (Robert Merrifield) in this unusual film that melds drama with comedy while channeling the brilliance of improv. Nothing’s scripted and everything’s game as Mattison travels to Rhode Island for a homecoming party of sorts thrown by a childhood archenemy, Morgan Stipe (Jeremy Banks), who now supposedly wants to be his friend. In truth, Stipe sees Mattison as a means to go Hollywood himself.

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